Burj Khalifa, Dubai | 182168 | EMPORIS Burj Khalifa fullheightview-as-seen-from-the-southeast Nareg Karamanoukian fullheightview Alan Millin fullheightview-burj-khalifa Alan Millin Download Extended Building Profile PDF now! Preview PDF Direct download of the public profile for Burj Khalifa See all publicly available data fields Miss out on additional information about building data as well as involved companies and their contact information Direct download of the full building profile for Burj Khalifa See additional building data as well as involved companies and their contact information Receive actionable data and start working with new Leads right away Buy now Gross floor area Workplaces * The price includes VAT and shipping costs. No shipping costs apply to the download. When downloading images you may be subject to other costs from your internet service provider. restaurant Facts The top of the building contains a public observation deck and a private club above that. This is the first world's tallest building since prehistoric times to include residential space. The building was rotated 120 degrees to allow for less stress from the prevailing winds.

"Burj" is Arabic for "Tower." Although the building's shape resembles the bundled tube concept of the Willis Tower , it is structurally very different and is technically not a tube structure. The tower is situated on a man-made lake which is designed to wrap around the tower and to provide dramatic views of it. The exterior cladding is of reflective glazing with aluminium and textured stainless steel spandrel panels with vertical tubular fins of stainless steel. An observation deck will occupy the 124th floor. The design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill replaces a plan to reuse the design for Grollo Tower , which was proposed in Melbourne a few years earlier. Engineers working on the design considered installing triple-decker elevators, which would have been the first in the world. In fact, the realized building uses double-decker elevators. The cladding system is designed to withstand Dubai's extreme summer temperatures. A subtle reference to the onion domes of Islamic architecture can be found in the building's silhouette when looking up at the lobes from near the base. The condensation water collected from the A/C system equals to 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools per year and in turn, used for landscaping. Designed by Adrian D.

Smith, FAIA, RIBA Design Partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP. The maximum elevator speed is 600 m/min. Burj Dubai features sky lobbies on levels 43, 76 and 123. These spaces offer fitness and spa facilities. The lobbies on levels 43 and 76 each have a swimming pool and a recreational room for receptions and other gatherings. The building sits on a concrete and steel podium with 192 piles descending to a depth of more than 50 metres (164 feet). The highest residential floor will be level 109. Burj Dubai became the world's tallest high-rise building on July 24, 2007, and the world's tallest self-supporting structure on September 12, 2007. A total of 45,000 cubic metres of concrete are used in the foundations with a weight in excess of 110,000 tonnes. The triple-lobed footprint of the building is based on an abstracted desert flower native to the region.

Over 330,000 cubic meters of concrete and 31,400 metric tonnes of steel rebar was used at the completion of the tower. The Burj Dubai had its name officially changed to Burj Khalifa during its grand opening in honor of the president of the U.A.E. H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan. Burj Dubai is the tallest man-made structure in the world, surpassing the KVLY-TV Tower in North Dakota as well as Warszawa Radio Mast , the previous tallest structure ever built. Do you need more information about this building and its related companies? Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Tallest Building Inthe World - Found The World Found The World Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Tallest Building Inthe World July 16, 2014 Dubai is not one of the states in the Middle East with vast oil reserves. Its prosperity required diversification and that had to be manmade; nothing comes much larger than the Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world at 829.8 meters. It is just one of the projects that the Government has developed to attract overseas visitors.

Dubai is known for its horse racing even though gambling is forbidden and its extremely rich end of the season Professional Golf Tournament. Shoppers flock to Dubai for many fashions, precious metals, especially gold and the latest technology while the Burj AI Arab Hotel has stood for many years as the ultimate of hotels. Burj Khalifa certainly adds to Dubai’s appeal. Dubai has a very modern airport and its airline, Emirates, is amongst the most popular in the world. Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the building was named after the ruler of another of the Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who is President of the UAE. It was Abu Dhabi who bailed out Dubai when the recession caused financial turmoil within the country. The design of this modern building incorporates elements of traditional Islamic architecture. It opened in January 2010, six years after construction began on the site of almost 500 acres. The whole development includes homes, 9 hotels, 19 residential towers, garden areas and a large lake. It is a stunning addition to Dubai and has certainly made an impact on the skyline that was already full of impressive modern buildings.

The Armani Hotel has over 300 rooms, with suites on the 38th and 39th floors. There are many residential floors and others containing corporate suites much higher, the highest on the 154th floor. The recession meant that the Burj Khalifa struggled in its early days, both with companies wanting to rent office space but also with buyers for its apartments. Prices dropped, but gradually things improved and investors realized the potential of owning one of the 900 apartments in this stunning complex. Visiting the Burj Khalifa The Burj Khalifa restaurant on the 122nd floor is the highest in the world and just 2 floors higher there is the world’s highest outdoor observation deck; 22 more floors and there is an indoor observation deck. No structure has more floors; 211 which require 504 meter elevators. The Burj Khalifa has become part of Dubai tour itinerary. Many enjoy shopping in Dubai, the gold souk for example, play golf or join a desert safari. Burj Khalifa tickets are available for those wanting to go up to the observation decks, then enjoy lunch in the Armani restaurant to think of what they have seen.

Staying in the Burj Khalifa The Burj Khalifa hotel room prices reflect the quality of the place. As an example, the Armani Hotel which has its own entrance occupies 11 floors of Burj Khalifa would offer a double room at around $1,000 a night. There are several grades of suite including the top quality, with a balcony which can cost up to $7,000 a night. Interesting Activities A building of this size obviously attracts attention. There have been base jumpers, unauthorized and authorized, the latter being a Guinness Book of Records achieved by French jumpers, Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen. They were allowed to jump from a special platform on the Burj Khalifa at the top, 828 meters; it was a sponsored event that got Burj Khalifa plenty of good publicity. Alain Robert, nicknamed ‘’Spiderman’’ was allowed to climb to the top of the spire though he had to agree to a rope and harness.

TAGS Burj Khalifa - The Skyscraper Center Burj Khalifa 584.5 m / 1,918 ft Height: To Tip 829.8 m / 2,723 ft ArcelorMittal About Burj Khalifa Burj Khalifa has redefined what is possible in the design and engineering of supertall buildings. By combining cutting-edge technologies and cultural influences, the building serves as a global icon that is both a model for future urban centers and speaks to the global movement towards compact, livable urban areas. The Tower and its surrounding neighborhood are more centralized than any other new development in Dubai. At the center of a new downtown neighborhood, Burj Khalifa’s mixed-use program focuses the area’s development density and provides direct connections to mass transit systems. Burj Khalifa’s architecture has embodied references to Islamic architecture and yet reflects the modern global community it is designed to serve. The building’s Y-shaped plan provides the maximum amount of perimeter for windows in living spaces without developing internal unusable area. As the tapering tower rises, setbacks occur at the ends of each “wing” in an upward spiraling pattern that decreases the mass of the tower as the height increases.

These setbacks were modeled in the wind tunnel to minimize wind forces. The design of the Tower was significantly influenced by its performance with respect to the wind, in both its shaping and orientation. The building went through many wind tunnel tests and design iterations to develop optimum performance. The exterior cladding, comprised of aluminum and textured stainless steel spandrel panels, was designed to withstand Dubai’s extreme temperatures during the summer months by using a low-E glass to provide enhanced thermal insulation. Vertical polished stainless steel fins were added to accentuate Burj Khalifa’s height and slenderness. The unprecedented height of the Burj Khalifa required it to be an innovative building in many ways. Design techniques, building systems, and construction practices all required rethinking, and in many cases new applications, to create a practical and efficient building. The structural system, termed a “buttressed core,” is designed to efficiently support a supertall building utilizing a strong central core, buttressed by its three wings. The vertical structure is tied together at the mechanical floors through outrigger walls in order to maximize the building’s stiffness. The result is an efficient system where all of the building’s vertical structure is used to support both gravity and lateral loads.

The Tower incorporates numerous enhancements to the fire and life safety systems, including “lifeboat” operation for elevators which allows for them to be used for controlled evacuation under certain situations, decreasing total evacuation time by 45% over stairs alone. Due to its height, the building is able to utilize ventilation where cooler air temperatures, reduced air density, and reduced relative humidity at the top of the building allow for “sky-sourced” fresh air. When air is drawn in at the top of the building, it requires less energy for air conditioning, ventilation, and dehumidification. The building’s height also generates a substantial stack effect due to the thermal differences between the buildings’ interior and exterior, but Burj Khalifa was designed to passively control these forces, reducing the need for mechanical means of pressurization. Burj Khalifa has one of the largest condensate recovery systems in the world. Collecting water from air conditioning condensate discharge prevents it from entering the wastewater stream and reduces the need for municipal potable water. The tower’s management systems utilize smart lighting and mechanical controls which lower operational costs, allow for a more efficient use of building resources and services and better control of internal comfort conditions.

Individual electric energy monitoring systems enable energy optimization of the tower’s systems over its lifetime. With over 185,800 sq m (2,000,000 sq ft) of interior space designed for Burj Khalifa, planning of the building’s interior space began at the earliest stages of its design focusing on three main goals—to recognize and acknowledge the building’s height, to integrate its structural and architectural rationale, and to appreciate the locale’s heritage, history and culture. The interiors of the uppermost floors were designed to reflect celestial influences. This is in contrast to the lower floors, which are inspired by natural elements. An art program for the Tower was developed in which over 500 individual pieces of art were placed and specified throughout the Tower. The premier featured art piece resides in the tower’s residential lobby. This sculpture, completed by the internationally renowned artist Jaume Plensa, is entitled “World Voices” and is composed of 196 cymbals supported by stainless steel rods rising from two pools similar to reeds in a lake. The cymbals represent the 196 countries of the world and reflect that the Burj Khalifa was a result of a collaboration of many people from around the world.

CTBUH Initiatives Top 12 Happenings of 2016, Month-by-Month 19 Dec 2016, Chicago – CTBUH News Check out the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's top stories of 2016 for each month and take a look ahead with the Council’s monthly predictions for 2017. Top Company Rankings: The World’s 100 Tallest Buildings 13 Oct 2016, Chicago – CTBUH Research The Council is pleased to announce the Top Company Rankings for numerous disciplines as derived from the list of projects appearing in 100 of the World’s Tallest Buildings. Performance and Behavior of Tall Buildings for Wind Loads 13 Jan 2016, New York City – Event Report CTBUH YPC hosted an event on wind engineering and understanding its effects on tall buildings as well as to provide insight into the engineering efforts in design of shorter buildings. Tall Tales: Lessons Learned from Industry Leaders 16 Nov 2015, Atlanta – Event Report CTBUH Atlanta held an event that offered perspectives on tall building issues relating to real estate design and development, wind engineering, and vertical transportation.

Warm Weather Spaces Walking Tours 2015 17 Sep 2015 – Tour Report The CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee organized guided walking tours of 16 cities around the globe, focusing on urban habitats around tall buildings. How are Cities Responding to Urbanism? 1 Sep 2015, Brisbane – Event Report CTBUH Australia held its first national symposium in Brisbane entitled “How are Cities Responding to Urbanism?” where both local and international speakers presented. Panel Handles Mean, Green Questions at Architect @ Work in China 3 Jul 2015, Shanghai – Event Report As part of its role as a strategic partner of the Architect @ Work China Conference in Shanghai, CTBUH hosted a panel discussion entitled “Greening the Vertical Habitat.” Safety Considerations in Tall Buildings 20 May 2015, Seoul – Event Report CTBUH-Korea’s President Chung KwangRyang held an international conference addressing Tall Building Safety as the construction of tall buildings is increasing exponentially.

CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014 Dec 2014 – CTBUH Journal Paper An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials. Richard Witt on How Tall Skyscrapers Can Go 6 May 2014, Toronto – CTBUH In the Media CTBUH Canada Chair Richard Witt talks with the Jerry Agar Show about the Kingdom Tower, the world's first kilometer high and future tallest building. CTBUH, EMI Lead Emirates Tall-Building Study Trip 23-27 Mar 2014 – Tour Report Georges Binder, Belgium Country Leader, recently joined with Executive Master Immobilier to conduct a study trip on tall buildings to the United Arab Emirates. Samsung Senior Exec Presents on Tall-Building Tech Advances 2 Oct 2013, Doha – Event Report Over 60 people attended a presentation by Ahmad Abdelrazaq, head of Samsung's High-Rise and Complex Building Division, on using technology in building construction.

International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Vol. 1 No. 1 Mar 2012, Seoul – CTBUH Publication The International Journal of High-Rise Buildings, Volume 1: Number 1 includes 7 papers focusing on pure research content and investigations in tall building design. The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall 8 Dec 2011, Chicago – CTBUH Research Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over 600 meters. CTBUH Releases Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings Apr 2011 – CTBUH Journal Paper Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate.

This study demonstrates the relationship between population and tall buildings across those countries and presents information… CTBUH Releases Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010 Dec 2010 – CTBUH Journal Paper In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that, besides being the year in which a building first surpassed the… CTBUH People in force at Burj Khalifa opening Jan 2010, Dubai – CTBUH In the Media Several CTBUH Leaders were in attendance in the VIP section at the Burj Khalifa official opening on 4th January. Height: The History of Measuring Tall Buildings Dec 2009, Chicago – CTBUH News This article describes some of the events which took place in the Council's long, and sometimes complex, history of measuring tall buildings. CTBUH Changes Height Criteria / Burj Dubai Height Increases 17 Nov 2009, Chicago – CTBUH News CTBUH announced a change to its height criteria, as a reflection of recent developments with several super-tall buildings.

Technical Tours, CTBUH 8th World Congress 4 Mar 2008, Dubai – Tour Report Tours to experience five seminal projects in Dubai including the Burj Dubai, the Emirates Towers, the Index Tower, the Burj Al Arab and Palm Jumeirah. Global News Dubai’s Burj Khalifa Opens Highest Observation Deck in the World 14 Oct 2014 The Burj Khalifa now has the world’s highest observation deck, following the unveiling of a new viewing level on the 148th floor.

With its floor at 555.7 meters, it… Video: Daring Duo Leap from World’s Tallest Building 23 Apr 2014 In an event that claimed the new Guinness World Record title of Highest Base Jump from the Tallest Building, two men took the jump of a lifetime off the 828-meter Burj… Abu Dhabi Offers Least Expensive Office Space Despite Available Wealth 14 Mar 2014 A recent report that found Hong Kong and Tokyo to be most expensive cities to rent skyscraper floor-space, also finds the United Arab Emirate cities of Dubai and Abu… Fog Phenomenon Returns to Transform Dubai Skyline 14 Feb 2014 Twice a year, weather conditions generate a cloud-like fog that settles between the ground and sky, which creates a heavenly vision of the world’s tallest skyscraper tips… Residents of Burj Khalifa Fear Drastic Consequences of Unpaid Fees 7 Feb 2014 Tenants of the world’s tallest building worry that they may be denied access to elevator service and air conditioning if their landlord does not settle outstanding… Dubai’s Record-Breaking Fireworks Show Includes Burj Khalifa 2 Jan 2014 Always a

 place where “size matters,” Dubai kicked off 2014 with an appropriately gigantic fireworks display, launching more than 500,000 incendiaries in six minutes.

The… Branding Tall Buildings as Luxurious 6 Sep 2013 Arabian Business profiles the process of marketing tall buildings in a recent article, including the man responsible for branding the Burj Khalifa. John Brash of Brash… Google Takes to the Skies, Courtesy of the Burj 26 Jun 2013 Google has taken its Street View imagery to the top of the Burj Khalifa, under the direction of Pascal Malite, Street View Program Manager. Google spent three days at the… Video: Watch the Climb to the Top 10 Jun 2013 Photographer Joe McNally recently captured a series of dizzying images from the top of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. He has also released an interesting… Video: Watching a Sand Storm from the Burj Khalifa 7 May 2013 Dubai-based photographer Gerald Donovan climbed to the top of the 828-meter (2,722-foot) Burj Khalifa last week with plans to photograph the city.

When he arrived at the… Hear the Burj Khalifa Creaking in a Storm 17 Apr 2013 A recent video posted on YouTube of Dubai's Burj Khalifa records what it's like to be in the tower while experiencing the strong winds of a storm. The building, which is… The Man Behind the Burj Khalifa Seeks to Do It Again 1 Apr 2013 The chairman and founder of real estate giant Emaar Properties, Mohammed Alabbar, is developing plans to build a 1 kilometer-plus tower in Asia. In an extensive interview… Photographer Offers Panoramic Views from Burj Khalifa 29 Jan 2013 Dubai-based photographer Gerald Donovan has produced a 360-degree panorama from the top of the Burj Khalifa, providing stunning views of the Dubai landscape. The image… Video: World’s Tallest Building Celebrates New Year 2 Jan 2013 Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, welcomed in the new year with an appropriately Dubai-scale fireworks display.

The light show was accompanied by a performance… Burj Khalifa Struck by Lightning 11 Dec 2012 Photos have emerged of a lightning bolt striking the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The tallest building in the world was hit during a rare electric storm that passed through the… Photos Released of Burj Khalifa in a Fog 19 Oct 2012 The Daily Mail offers exclusive photos of Burj Khalifa at sunrise rising above an engulfing fog.

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Smith’s career as a designer of supertall buildings, the Jin Mao Tower (1999) to Kingdom Tower, to be the world’s tallest building… Validating the Structural Behavior and Response of Burj Khalifa Mar 2012 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 1 Number 1; Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T New generation of tall and complex buildings systems are now introduced that are reflective of the latest development in materials, design, sustainability, construction,… The Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall Jan 2012 – CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I; CTBUH Research Within this decade we will likely witness not only the world’s first kilometer-tall building, but also the completion of a significant number of buildings over 600 meters… Burj Khalifa Dubai, UAE 13 Jan 2012 – Corporate Publication As the world’s tallestbuilding, the Burj Khalifasets the standard for whatarchitecture and designshould be.

At 828 meters,the building houses the highest swimming pool,… Validating the Dynamics of the Burj Khalifa May 2011 – CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue II; Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Samsung C&T Historically, tall building design and construction relied solely on minimum building code requirements. While many research and monitoring programs have been implemented… Tall and Urban: An Analysis of Global Population and Tall Buildings Apr 2011 – CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue II; CTBUH Research Tall buildings are spreading across the globe at an ever-increasing rate.

This study demonstrates the relationship between population and tall buildings across those… Tallest Buildings Completed in 2010 Dec 2010 – CTBUH Journal, 2011 Issue I; CTBUH Research In a year dominated by news coverage of the new “World’s Tallest Building” – Burj Khalifa, Dubai – one may be surprised to learn that, besides being the year in which a… Tall Buildings in Numbers: Tallest World Records Nov 2010 – CTBUH Journal, 2010 Issue IV; CTBUH Research Includes records of the tallest buildings/structures according to function and structural material, the highest spaces according to function, and some lesser-known titles… A New Urbanity: The Relationship between Towers and Urbanism Nov 2010 – Proceedings of ICE; Stefan Krummeck, Terry Farrell & Partners The prevailing skyline of the world's developed and developing cities demonstrates an ever-increasing prevalence of tall buildings forming a new urban model. This paper… Structural Design of Reinforced Concrete Tall Buildings Feb 2010 – CTBUH Journal, 2010 Issue I; Ali Sherif S.

Rizk, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants During the last 12 years the Structural Engineering Department at Dar Al-Handasah has designed 45 mixed-use tall buildings in different Arab countries. The designed… Tall Buildings in Numbers: The Tallest Buildings in the World: Past, Present & Future Jun 2008 – CTBUH Journal, 2008 Issue II; CTBUH Research Over time, the average height of the 100 tallest buildings in the world has been steadily increasing.

However, by 2010, this average height will have jumped to 349… Brief on the Construction Planning of the Burj Dubai Project, Dubai, UAE Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Kyung Jun Kim & Jae Ho Kim, Samsung C&T The focus of this paper will be on the construction planning of the Burj Dubai tower, this paper will briefly present an overview of the structural system of the tower’s… Burj Dubai: Designing the World's Tallest Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture This paper discusses the process of the Burj Dubai's design, offering insights into the refinement and development of the design in response to programmatic requirements… Burj Dubai: Designing the World’s Tallest 3 Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture This paper discusses the process of the Burj Dubai's design, offering insights into the refinement and development of the design in response to program

matic requirements… Burj Dubai: Life Safety and Crisis Response Planning Enhancements Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Jon M.

Evenson & Aaron F. Vanney, RJA This paper will review the Crisis Response Plan and Life Safety enhancements that are currently being developed to assist the Burj Dubai Management Team in managing… Engineering the World’s Tallest - Burj Bubai Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; William F. Baker, D. Stanton Korista & Lawrence C. Novak, SOM The goal of the Burj Dubai Tower is not simply to be the world’s highest building; it’s to embody the world’s highest aspirations. Façade Access for the Burj Dubai and other Articulating Towers Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Lee Herzog, Lerch Bates Inc. With the advent of supertall towers, and in some cases, articulating architectural features, the designing of façade access equipment has necessarily become increasingly… The Role of Peer Review in the Foundation Design of the World’s Tallest Buildings Mar 2008 – CTBUH 2008 8th World Congress, Dubai; Clyde N. Baker, Jr., Tony A.

Kiefer, Steven W. Nicoson & Khaldoun Fahoum, STS Consultants, Ltd. This paper presents the authors’ views based on experiences on the role of peer review in the cost effective foundation design of very tall buildings. Different types of… Burj Dubai Stack Effect - Passive Stack Effect Mitigation Measures in the Design of the World's Tallest Building Nov 2007 – CTBUH Journal, Fall 2007; Peter A. Weismantle & Luke Leung, SOM The purpose of this paper is to outline the challenges related to stack effect faced by the Burj Dubai design team and to describe the measures taken to mitigate them.… Burj Dubai: An Architectural Technical Design Case Study Oct 2007 – CTBUH / Wiley Tal Journal, 2007; Peter A. Weismantle, Gregory L. Smith & Mohamed Sheriff, SOM Beyond the aesthetics of the architectural design, the realization of Burj Dubai is very much a technical design effort.

Every system in the Tower must be optimized… The Wind Engineering of the Burj Dubai Tower Oct 2005 – CTBUH 2005 7th World Congress, New York; Peter Irwin, RWDI The Burj Dubai tower will be the world’s tallest building by a wide margin when completed. Wind is the dominant lateral load and thus governed many aspects of the… Burj Khalifa – HowDoYouSayThatWord A Quick Overview Of Burj Khalifa The Burj Khalifa is th world's tallest building - it is located in Dubai. You pronounce Burj Khalifa with a hard 'j' at the end of 'Burj' and, in Arabic, the 'kh' has the guttural sound of the 'ch' in loch. Practically it is perfectly acceptable for English speakers to anglicize the sound by pronouncing it like a 'k'. The website for the Burj Khalifa can be found here .

Burj Khalifa: World's Tallest Tower Renamed After UAE President Khalifa Bin Zayed | The Huffington Post Burj Khalifa: World's Tallest Tower Renamed After UAE President Khalifa Bin Zayed 03/18/2010 05:12 am ET | Updated May 25, 2011 Burj Khalifa: That is the new name for Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, which officially opened today , Jan. 4, 2010. Burj Khalifa, which translates to the Khalifa Tower, is named after UAE President Khalifa Bin Zayed. The renaming of the 828-meter structure came as a surprise for many, as it had always been referred to as Burj Dubai. Dubai ruler Mohammed Bin Rashid inaugurated the tower in a ceremony this evening in Dubai. Dubai has lived in an age of excess . Besides the Burj Khalifa, the spectacular Dubai Fountain can be found nearby in Dubai MIll.

Heartbroken woman leaps to her death from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai | Daily Mail Online Next EXCLUSIVE: Heartbroken woman leaps to her death from the 148th floor of the Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building - after relationship turns sour Laura Vanessa Nunes, 39, fell 1,640ft to her death from an observation deck on the 148th floor - landing on a restaurant terrace Despite it being a popular tourist attraction, not one person noticed her slip through the space in glass panels designed to allow people to take photos Laura said to be heartbroken after breaking up with Emirati businessman Her shocking death in last year has gone unreported in Dubai but it appears a new safety rail has been installed to stop a repeat Mother Leona Sykes is angered that the property group behind the building has refused repeated requests for information about her death At the Top, Burj Khalifa Opening Hours - At The Top SKY Sunday to Thursday 11h00 – 23h00 Friday to Saturday 10h00 – 23h00 Prime hours Opening – 19h00 Opening Hours - At The Top Open Daily 08h30 - Midnight

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Question: Where is the Burj Khalifa to be found?
Answer: Dubai